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IDIOM (Gr. t&%wµa, something peculiar and personal; lbws, one's own, personal)

IDIOM (Gr. t&%wµa, something See also:
PECULIAR
peculiar and See also:
PERSONAL
personal; lbws, one's own, personal) , a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of expression whether in words, grammatical construction, phraseology, &c., which is See also:

PECULIAR

peculiar to a See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language; sometimes also a See also:

SPECIAL

special variety of a particular language, a See also:

DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect .

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